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Re:Google Trying to Solve a UUID by replygirl on Saturday August 06, 2022 @07:15PM (#32372466)
not what i'm saying. the vast majority of people who work with spreadsheets have no interest in redefining it to align with other paradigms. spreadsheets work damn well as they are
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Re:Google Trying to Solve a UUID by fsckboy on Sunday August 07, 2022 @02:14AM (#32374301)
and spreadsheets would not break if 02559 were stored as 02559, so what's the problem?
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Re:Google Trying to Solve a UUID by replygirl on Sunday August 07, 2022 @11:20PM (#32382137)
it would break tens of millions of people's expectations. decades of muscle memory for many people. pretty big effect for no objective benefit
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